I've no idea even what KINGDOM this thing I found on the beach here in SE Brazil belongs to. My local friend said ppl here think it's mollusc eggs, but I don't think so. www.inaturalist.org/observations... - ThreadSky

rafamarcondes.bsky.social • 19 days ago

I've no idea even what KINGDOM this thing I found on the beach here in SE Brazil belongs to. My local friend said ppl here think it's mollusc eggs, but I don't think so.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/279923349

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graemetlloyd.bsky.social•18 days ago

@lhliow.bsky.social should know.

lhliow.bsky.social•18 days ago

@nhmbryozoa.bsky.social

nhmbryozoa.bsky.social•18 days ago

Could be a cheilostome bryozoan but the resolution isn’t good enough to be sure and there is no scale bar as far as I can tell.

rafamarcondes.bsky.social•18 days ago

The last photo has my hand next to it for a sense of scale

nhmbryozoa.bsky.social•18 days ago

Sorry, I initially only saw the first image. The size looks about right for a bryozoan but a higher resolution image would be great.

rafamarcondes.bsky.social•18 days ago

IF that is a bryozoan, what is that tissue? The epidermis? How does the entire colony get loose like this?

minorallele.bsky.social•19 days ago

Google Lens suggests a bryozoan, a colonial animal. Here are some observations in Brazil of a similar thing in iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=6878&taxon_id=124516

minorallele.bsky.social•19 days ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watersipora_subtorquata